Tag: Transport & Logistics
BMW leverages IoT for connected car services
BMW Labs is using its public lab portal to connect BMW’s ConnectedDrive services with If This Then That (IFTTT), and IoT smart technology, allowing...
MIT to offer professional training for IoT
Paid online courses should give employees grasp of IoT fundamentals
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has begun to offer an online course designed to...
5 reasons why IoT needs data analytics
Data analytics is a critical component to any IoT roll-out. We look at five reasons why it’s so important.
Data analytics has been implemented in the...
TfL bets on Big Data and IoT to improve your commute
Transport for London (TfL) may not by every commuter's best friend– but behind the scenes the transport body is trialling the latest technologies to improve its...
ITU-IT experts discuss IoT and smart city standards
Technologists are meeting in Singapore this week to talk about developing global standards for the growing areas of IoT and smart cities.
The International Telecommunication...
Father of IoT predicts rapid advances in driverless cars by 2020
Kevin Ashton outlines advances IoT could see in next four years
The man who coined the term Internet of Things reckons that the industry will...
Analyts see opportunity and trouble ahead for IoT deployments
Two new reports have pointed out a series of issues that companies embracing the IoT will need to face in the coming few years....
IoT now a key part of BYOD strategies
The much-anticipated Internet of Things explosion is gathering pace, according to a recent survey by Tech Pro Research, with many businesses incorporating connected devices...
‘Smart’ tech goes from zany to brainy at CES
With many new innovations still being ‘conceptual prototype’ level, where is the smart money on ‘smart’ technologies this year? We looked at the latest...
French postal services just got smart with the Internet of Things
IoT connectivity company Sigfox has launched a pilot with French postal service Groupe La Poste, for a new service which allows businesses and individuals...
Uber hires hashtag inventor to drive IoT
Taxi app Uber has taken on Chris Messina, who invented the hashtag, as its developer experience lead in a bid to accelerate IoT development.
Messina...
UK government announces new £24 million IoT research centre
Ed Vaizey, the UK Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, today announced the launch of a new interdisciplinary research hub which...